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re: Official US/Israel vs Iran war thread
Posted on 6/6/26 at 5:34 pm to ItTakesAThief
Posted on 6/6/26 at 5:34 pm to ItTakesAThief
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The islands won’t absorb it. IS troops on the islands will.
That’s what I meant.
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One wants to be used as cannon fodder. They won’t have access to bunkers there.
The military is a dangerous job.
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Posted on 6/6/26 at 5:37 pm to trinidadtiger
Every demand is always headlined with removing frozen assets, that tells you they are in a severe vice grip, when they have been missing payments to the military, it must be getting really tight.
Interestingly, its probably not just Iranian assets, but their own personal ones as well.
Listen to what Bessent says when he cryptically talks about leverage. I guarantee you he has pressured the European financial systems to track down mullahs "get away" cash. All types of leverage can be applied to ensure their attitude adjustment. You have any idea what it would do to a bank to temporarily remove them from the SWIFT banking system, or to halt trading of stocks due to affiliating with a terrorist country.
Interestingly, its probably not just Iranian assets, but their own personal ones as well.
Listen to what Bessent says when he cryptically talks about leverage. I guarantee you he has pressured the European financial systems to track down mullahs "get away" cash. All types of leverage can be applied to ensure their attitude adjustment. You have any idea what it would do to a bank to temporarily remove them from the SWIFT banking system, or to halt trading of stocks due to affiliating with a terrorist country.
Posted on 6/6/26 at 5:45 pm to Nomad0369
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You protect it by putting a large amount of air defenses on it. It’ll basically act as a sponge for most of the drones and missiles that would otherwise be intended for threatening shipping through the strait. Combine that with a large naval presence patrolling the strait we should be able to keep the sea lanes open for commercial traffic. And everytime Iran launches a drone or missile we’d have an opportunity to target its launch point.
Great. Now tell us how to protect shipping in the rest of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, the Arabian Sea, the Red Sea, and the Gulf of Aden.
Posted on 6/6/26 at 5:55 pm to UptownJoeBrown
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Great. Now tell us how to protect shipping in the rest of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, the Arabian Sea, the Red Sea, and the Gulf of Aden.
The large naval presence mentioned in my above post.
Posted on 6/6/26 at 6:19 pm to Nomad0369
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The large naval presence mentioned in my above post.
The US doesn’t get much of of its trade from freight/oil carriers originating from the Persian gulf.
Why do we need to push the issue at risk to us troops if it’s not needed. Iran not able to sell the bulk of its oil is killing its currency. Without its petro exports I’d will have a hard time paying for its imports.
Time is not on Irans side…..
Posted on 6/6/26 at 6:25 pm to trinidadtiger
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Listen to what Bessent says when he cryptically talks about leverage. I guarantee you he has pressured the European financial systems to track down mullahs "get away" cash. All types of leverage can be applied to ensure their attitude adjustment. You have any idea what it would do to a bank to temporarily remove them from the SWIFT banking system, or to halt trading of stocks due to affiliating with a terrorist country.
They’ve moved their getaway money to the Russo-Sino banking system.
Posted on 6/6/26 at 6:30 pm to tigeraddict
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The US doesn’t get much of of its trade from freight/oil carriers originating from the Persian gulf.
Irrelevant. The economy is tied to global oil prices.
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Why do we need to push the issue at risk to us troops if it’s not needed. Iran not able to sell the bulk of its oil is killing its currency. Without its petro exports I’d will have a hard time paying for its imports.
Iran currently controls the strait of Hormuz for all intents and purposes. Time is absolutely on their side.
Posted on 6/6/26 at 6:40 pm to Nomad0369
Iran is sending most of their oil to China anyway. It’s more work but they could get it to them by land and got to imagine they can via Afghanistan.
Posted on 6/6/26 at 6:47 pm to Diego Ricardo
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It’s more work but they could get it to them by land and got to imagine they can via Afghanistan.
No way they are moving near the same volume like that.
Posted on 6/6/26 at 6:49 pm to DMAN1968
Nope but I imagine they’re selling to many of the landlocked Asian countries too.
Posted on 6/6/26 at 7:03 pm to themunch
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Posted by Tigerswillprevail 6/6/26 at 9:19 am to Nomad0369
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It’ll cost us some lives but that’s what happens in a war.
You volunteer to lead first or maybe one of your children.
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my family does volunteer and serve. You do you.
You responded to him calling out Nomad as if he was calling you out. Interesting…
Posted on 6/6/26 at 7:28 pm to trinidadtiger
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Every demand is always headlined with removing frozen assets, that tells you they are in a severe vice grip, when they have been missing payments to the military, it must be getting really tight. Interestingly, it’s probably not just Iranian assets, but their own personal ones as well. Listen to what Bessent says when he cryptically talks about leverage. I guarantee you he has pressured the European financial systems to track down mullahs "get away" cash. All types of leverage can be applied to ensure their attitude adjustment. You have any idea what it would do to a bank to temporarily remove them from the SWIFT banking system, or to halt trading of stocks due to affiliating with a terrorist country.
I think you are right.
Posted on 6/6/26 at 7:56 pm to PsychTiger
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You responded to him calling out Nomad as if he was calling you out. Interesting…
I noticed that also but chose not to respond.
I did find this interesting though:
Posted on 6/6/26 at 7:59 pm to Tigerswillprevail
Posted on 6/6/26 at 8:03 pm to Nomad0369
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Iran currently controls the strait of Hormuz for all intents and purposes.
What? If that’s true why aren’t they sending their oil tankers through it?
Posted on 6/6/26 at 8:12 pm to Nomad0369
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Iran currently controls the strait of Hormuz for all intents and purposes. Time is absolutely on their side.
They are bringing in no oil money as long at the blockade exists.
Time is not on their side at all. It's sliding away like sand through an hourglass that looks strangely like Hormuz.
Posted on 6/6/26 at 8:19 pm to Penrod
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What? If that’s true why aren’t they sending their oil tankers through it?
Why isn’t anyone else sending their oil tankers through?
Posted on 6/6/26 at 8:26 pm to Captain Rumbeard
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They are bringing in no oil money as long at the blockade exists.
Neither is anyone else. Driving up oil prices worldwide. Iran has effectively shut down the most economically important waterway on the planet with the threat of cheap drones and missiles. We could stop it if we wanted to but it would come at a price that clearly the administration isn’t willing to pay. Time is absolutely on Iran’s side. They’re just waiting us out under the guise of negotiations.
Send the navy into the strait. Put ground troops on the island and increase the bombing campaign. Then time will no longer being on Iran’s side.
Posted on 6/6/26 at 8:46 pm to Nomad0369
The fact that yall think Iran cares about money when it comes to the US and Israel is laughable. Their hate for us is far greater than their need for money. They arent going to give in over money.
Posted on 6/6/26 at 8:54 pm to Robcrzy
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The fact that yall think Iran cares about money when it comes to the US and Israel is laughable. Their hate for us is far greater than their need for money. They arent going to give in over money.
The biggest problem in American geopolitical strategy is now the people running this country don’t understand that not everyone thinks like an American, motivated like an American, etc. edit: this was a problem before trump, so don’t think I’m singling out your special boy. It pervades everything.
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